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 - [v1.0.0 - v1.9.10](CHANGELOG-pre-v1.10.md)
 - [v0.11.6 and earlier](CHANGELOG-v0.md)
 
+## 1.16.1 
+### April 04, 2024
+
+**Please note that Vault 1.16.1 is the first Enterprise release of the Vault Enterprise 1.16 series.**
+
+BUG FIXES:
+
+* auth/ldap: Fix login error for group search anonymous bind. [[GH-26200](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/26200)]
+* auth/ldap: Fix login error missing entity alias attribute value. [[GH-26200](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/26200)]
+* cli: fixed a bug where the Vault CLI would error out if HOME was not set. [[GH-26243](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/26243)]
+* core: Only reload seal configuration when enable_multiseal is set to true. [[GH-26166](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/26166)]
+* secret/database: Fixed race condition where database mounts may leak connections [[GH-26147](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/pull/26147)]
+
 ## 1.16.0
 ### March 26, 2024